noun:

• universal life force (the source of animation for all things)
• free spirit (i.e. a mindset unencumbered with worldly concerns)

expression:

• something so difficult that one doesn't know if there's even a 1 in 1000 chance of success - obscure term

noun:

• post-coital clarity; period after orgasm when a man is free from sexual desire and can think clearly - slang - humorous term

noun:

• post-coital clarity; period after orgasm when a man is free from sexual desire and can think clearly - slang - humorous term

noun:

• unloading a barge
• small pieces of fried tofu
• palanquin that carried guests to and from the red light district

noun:

• figure; form; shape
• appearance; dress; guise
• state; condition; picture; image
• form (of a waka) ➜ 和歌

suffix noun:

• dressed in ...; wearing ...

noun / ~する noun:

• guidance; leadership; instruction; direction; coaching

noun:

• shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo) - Martial Arts term

noun:

• habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency
• peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; mannerism
• crease; wrinkle; curl; kink

conjunction:

• even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless; on the contrary; as a matter of fact; despite

noun / ~の noun:

• amateur; layman; ordinary person; novice Antonym: 玄人【くろうと】

noun:

• respectable woman (not a prostitute, hostess, geisha, etc.) ➜ 玄人【くろうと】
• unlicensed prostitute - archaism - Kyōto dialect ➜ 私娼

noun / suffix noun:

• system; lineage; group
• corollary - Mathematics term
• system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period) - Geology term
• (taxonomical) series

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• usually; ordinarily
• continuous; 24-hour (e.g. observation, operation (of a machine), care (of patient)); always on

noun:

• clipping (of newspaper article, etc.); cutting; scrap (for a scrapbook)
• cut-out (picture, coloured paper, etc.) - abbreviation ➜ 切り抜き絵・切り抜き細工

noun:

• sharpness; cutting ability
• quickness (of wit); incisiveness; technical proficiency; skill
• peppiness (of a ball) - in ball sports

noun:

• marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese

noun / ~する noun:

• submitting to (a demand, one's fate, etc.); putting up with; resigning oneself to; accepting (without complaint)

noun / ~する noun:

• crying oneself to sleep; giving up in frustration; accepting meekly; being compelled to accept a situation

noun:

• chef (esp. of high-end Japanese cuisine); cook - Kantō dialect ➜ 板場【いたば】
• area of a kitchen that contains the chopping board - orig. meaning

noun:

• lotus flower ➜ 蓮
• Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus) - abbreviation ➜ 蓮華草
• china spoon - abbreviation ➜ 散り蓮華
• lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone

noun:

• tilapia (freshwater fishes native to Africa, introduced to many areas worldwide as a food source) - From Latin

noun:

• parking lot (esp. a private lot, e.g. for corporate cars); car park - Kansai dialect - From English "motor pool"

noun:

• bad poem; my humble poem - polite language
• stooped over (e.g. old people); bowed
• stalling; having a relapse

noun:

• endless argument; pointless argument; arguing over whose field to water (e.g. during a drought) [literal]

noun / ~する noun:

• locking sword to sword (in a duel) and pushing

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• fierce, close-fought competition

noun:

• trying out a new sword or blade (originally on someone, but now on soaked straw targets)